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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

DAVID S. HITCHCOCK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

,BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,285, dated April19, 1887.

Application tiled February 25, 1887. Serial No. 228,908. (No model.)

To all whom, it 77mg concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. HITcHcocK, of the city of Cleveland, countyof Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stoppers for tightly closing. the mouths ofbottles containing aerated or other liquids, andespecially to thestopper, which is permanently attached to the neck of the bottle by adevice which serves to compress the stopper into and to draw it out ofthe mouth of the bottle; and the object of my improvement is to. providea practical mechanism for compressing and withdrawing the stopper, andfor permanently attaching the same to the bottle. I attain this objectby the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichsimilar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figures 1 and 4t are side elevations showing my improvement applied tothe neck, head, and mouth of a bottle. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the sanne. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation showing my improved device or mechanism detached from thebottle.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iherewith describe its construction and operation.

A designates the head of the bottle, and D the neck of the bottle.

B designates the bail which serves to connect the device to the bottle,this bail being made of thick wire bent in an approximately U shape, andturned inwardly at its ends to form pivots, as shown at 71, h, its upperpart being contracted in such manner as to form a short straightsection, as shown at X, around which the upper end of the lever L isat-Lv tached or coiled. A smaller wire, m, encircles the neck of thebottle under the head Aat and near where it .isjoined to the neck, andis coiled around the ends h h of the bail B, as at n n, to pivotallyconnect the bail to the neck of the bottle, and the ends of said wireare twisted or otherwise fastened at K, so as to securely hold the bailin position.

The stopper C may be constructed in any suitable form of a rubber orother elastic washer or gasket, c, surrounding or attached to a solid orrigid central portion, C, surmouuted by a flat disk-shaped head, d. Uponthe head of d is formed a lug, e, having an opening or orifice, for thepurpose hereinafter specified.

L designates the lever or handle for operating the device. This lever isformed of a iiat stili' piece of metal of suitable length, and bentoutwardly at X3, contiguous to its end X4, so as to form a thumb-piece,by which the required upward and downward pressure is applied to thelever. The lever is also bent at X2, so as to pass over the top of thestopper and under the bail B, and its upper end is bent or coiled aroundthe straight top section ofthe bail, as at X', securing the lever to thebail in such way as to allow the lever to turn freely on the bail.Attached to the lever L at or near the point B, by a rivet 0r othersuitable device, is a spring, S, made cfa dat piece of stiff steel orother suitable material, and extending over and bent or coiled throughthe orifice of the lug e, securing it to the lug in such a way as toallow it to turn freely on the lug. The lever is attached to the bailand the spring to the lug in such manner that when the lever isdepressed the bail is carried past the center on the lever side, so thatthe stopper is tightly pressed into the mouth of 8O the bottle, and thespring exerts such pressure on the stopper that the stopper always-andespecially when by use or otherwise the elastic washer has lost any ofits elasticitye-is kept tightly pressed into the mouth of the bottle.

The lever L may be constructed of a dat stiff piece of metal of suitablelength to allow it to be bent upon itself at a point about midway ot itslength, as shown in Fig. l, the lowerV or under side of which, whenriveted or otherwise fastened at B and its end bent or coiled on thelug, as above described, shall form the spring S.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In abottle-stopper, thecon1bination,with the bail and stopper, of thebent lever secured to the bail, and the spring riveted oifotherwisesecured to the lever and coiled over and through the lug on the stopper,all constructed and operated substantially as shown.

2. The combination, with the'bottle having IOO a head, A, and neck D,and a wire bail, B, or otherwise secured to the lever and coiled wit-hits ends bent as shown at h 7L, of a Wire, over and through the lug,substantially as and m, a stopper, constructed substantially as deforthe purposes shown and described.

scribed, havinga lug with one orifice, alever, DAVID S. HITCHCOCK. L,composed of a fiat; stiff piece of metal, hav- XVitnesses: ing the bendsX X2 X X, and a spring, S, H. S. SHERMAX,

composed of a dat piece of stiff 111etal,rivetcd A. C. DUsTIN.

